Wills Sweney

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-6
Weight:
235
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Santa Barbara, Calif.
High School:
Santa Barbara

At Princeton

2006: Missed the 2006 season due to injury … named the Ivy League’s top prospect for the 2006 draft by Baseball America.

2005: Appeared in 10 games, making eight starts as Princeton’s mid-week starter … went 2-5 with a 5.79 ERA in 32.2 innings … struck out 25 … pitched three scoreless innings of relief early in the season at Richmond and North Carolina … picked up his first career win after holding Seton Hall scoreless on two hits through seven innings … struck out a career-high six batters in the win … notched his second win in the final game of the season against Rider … allowed one unearned run in five innings of work in the game.

2004: Pitched in three games, making one start … had a 12.79 ERA in 6.1 innings pitched … made his collegiate debut at Elon, pitching 1.1 innings in relief with a strike out and one earned run … had his first career start three days later at North Carolina A&T and struck out two in 3.1 innings in the no-decision … made his final appearance at Rutgers, throwing 1.2 innings.

At Santa Barbara

Played four years of baseball and three years of water polo … was the school’s scholar athlete and class valedictorian as a senior … baseball team won league championship all four years … water polo team won state championship his sophomore and junior years.

Personal

Son of Bill and Kim Sweney ... father attended Williams and is a writer … mother attended Georgetown and owns her own business … has an older sister Sarah who graduated from Occidental College … has a younger brother Sam in high school ... born Sept. 7, 1985.